Singapore has its sights set on becoming a hub for health technology, and the city-state has developed a package of incentives to lure large employers and upstarts alike. The program includes tax credits for R&D spending, plus access to Singapore's cutting-edge telecom infrastructure and scientific talent graduating from the country's highly ranked engineering programs. The inducements seem to be working: In recent years pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Abbott, and Roche have opened major operations in Singapore.
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg would like to reach the country's 513 million Internet users. Too bad local entrepreneurs have beaten him to the punch.
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